- Date
- January 29, 1983, 19:00 local (Jan 30, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57222Rockwell 500-S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830129008409A
- Case key
- 33312
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A gear up, forced landing was made on the east bank of the Kansas river after both engines quit due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot had landed at new orleans for fuel and requested the tanks be topped off. En route to Kansas City,the pilot stopped at Nevada, MO to use the telephone and refuel. He was unable to find an airport attendant, so he tookoff without refueling. The pilot indicated that he should have had enough fuel to reach Kansas City. As he approached Kansas City, both engines quit. A post accident examination showed only one half gallon in the fuel system. With the battery switch on, the fuel gauge indicated empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57222
- Reported as
- Rockwell 500-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3260
- Airframe hours
- 1,909
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-E1B5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Dodson Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Skytel Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NUD · Nevada, MO
- Airport
- MKC · Kansas City Downtown, runway 36, 7,000 × 135 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,093 total · 102 in this make and model · 1,973 as pilot in command · 221 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N57222 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.